naker

English

Etymology

From Old French nacaire, nacre (cognate with Italian nacchera, mediaeval Latin nacara), from Arabic نقّارة (naqqāra, “drum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈneɪkə/

Noun

naker (plural nakers)

1. A kettledrum.
   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:

     the Norman trumpets from the battlements [...], mingled with the deep and hollow clang of the nakers, (a species of kettle-drum,) retorted in notes of defiance the challenge of the enemy.

Anagrams

• anker
• Karen